Monthly Archives: May 2010
Check Out Our Winter Sale
June 1st is the first day of winter, and so to help fill in those long, cold days we’re going to be putting up one item for sale for every day of June. Each item will be for sale for … Continue reading
AM Part Review : Armorscale Resin Wheels for Tank Trailer Sd.Ah.116
One of the big drawbacks in a number of kits is the vinyl tyres that come with so many of them. Usually these are difficult to work with, being nigh on impossible to sand or shape in any fashion and … Continue reading
Where Have All The Figures Gone
Is it just me or have the major manufacturers gone off making figure sets ? In the past year, if you include aircraft and ships, Dragon have released several dozen different kits, and some of them quite major endeavours. Yet … Continue reading
Guest Model Feature : Rod Allison’s M35 Mittlere Panzerwagen ADGZ
Our first contributing modeller is Whangaparoa’s Rod Allison with his build of the 1/35 Hobbymodellbau F. Schmidt vacuformed Steyr ADGZ, a rather interesting Austrian pushme-pullyou style armoured car taken into German service following the Austrian Anschluss. The figures are a … Continue reading
Kit Review : Dragon German Infantry, Battle Of The Hedgerows
Dragon made a lot of figure sets, though few actually really stood out as being anything outside the norm, mainly just being generic groupings of four figures, and while that may seem a little uninspired it does mean that their … Continue reading
Kit Review : AFV Club Sturmtiger 38cm RW61 auf Sturmmorser Tiger
If you’ve ever watched those programmes where they blow up buildings you have to admit it’s rather fun to watch them blow out then fall down. But then you’d also have to admit that parking one of these wee beasties … Continue reading
Book Review : Panzerwrecks No.1 : German Armour 1944-45
The Panzerwreck books have become quite well known as a great photo reference source. The photos within are mostly of destroyed German armour but occassionally include captured allied vehicles in german use as well as german vehicles that have been … Continue reading
Kit Review : Masterbox German Motorcycle Repair Crew
One of Masterboxes more recent releases ( released in 2009 ) and they just keep getting better. This kit takes their original BMW R75 Motorcycle and Sidecar and adds four new figures, this time creating a unique looking scene by providing four mechanics with the … Continue reading
New From Italeri : M10 Archilles
As well as just adding the re-released Panzerwerfer 42 Ausf.Maultier to the currently available models Italeri has now added a new kit in the form of an M10 Achilles Tank Destroyer, the british version of the M10 mounting the 17pdr gun. … Continue reading
Kit Review : Tamiya Russian Army Tank Crew At Rest
Tamiya were amongst the first manufacturers to bring us 1/35 scale figures back in the 70s, and some of those moulds, and others of similar age, are still around, which means that these days they are showing their age and don’t … Continue reading
Kit Review : Tamiya SU-122 Russian Tank Destroyer w/Weathering Set
There are claims that Germany copied the design of the T-34 to come up with the Panther, and true or not it seems you could equally claim that the Russians weren’t shy on adopting a good idea themselves, as it … Continue reading
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